NZQA registered unit standard
28192 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of street light installations
Level
4
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
types of street light installations.
Classification
Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Distribution Networks
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop and the candidate will be
assessed as not yet competent.
3
Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence
requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act
1992 and any subsequent amendments, and any regulations, codes of practice
recognised under that statute, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the
Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments, electricity
supply industry codes of practice and documented enterprise procedures. These
include, Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity
Engineers’ Association.
A full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from:
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 1245
HAMILTON.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and
evidence requirements in this unit standard.
5
Definitions
Industry requirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements
relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
Asset owner refers to the owner of an electricity supply network that takes its point of
supply from Transpower NZ, and delivers electricity to industrial, commercial and
residential customers.
Asset owner standards are the approved documented work site methods for carrying
out work on an electrical supply network to the standard required by the asset owner.
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28192 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome1
Demonstrate knowledge of street light installations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Electrical street light circuits are identified.
Range
1.2
drawings, workplaces.
Identify and describe operation of luminaires and associated hardware used in
street lighting.
may include but is not limited to – fluorescent, high pressure
sodium, incandescent, low pressure sodium, mercury vapour,
LED, starting hardware;
evidence of three is required.
Range
1.3
Identify and describe operation of control methods for street lighting.
may include but is not limited to – fuse, photo relay, ripple relay,
smart relay, cascade;
evidence of two is required.
Range
1.4
Identify compliance requirements for street light installations.
may include but not is limited to – Electrical Standards, Network
Asset owners, Local Authorities and New Zealand Codes of
Practice;
evidence of two is required.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 March 2014
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0120
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28192 version 1
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation at
qualifications@infrastructureito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this
unit standard.
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016